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all the poetry recited in penny dreadful

which no one asked for, but i listed, because i’m too dedicated to the aesthetic and i like to waste my time. i most certainly could have missed some, so, you know. please note that the last entry is different from its earlier recitation.

season 1

episode 2, vanessa and victor together: “if this belief from heaven be sent, / if such be nature’s holy plan, / have i not reason to lament / what man has made from man?” - wordsworth, “lines written in early spring”

episode 3, victor: “there was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, / the earth, and every common sight, / to me did seem / apparell’d in celestial light, / the glory and the freshness of a dream. / it is not now as it hath been of yore; - / turn wheresoe’er i may, / by night or day, / the things which i have seen i now can see no more.” - wordsworth, “ode on intimations of immortality from recollections of early childhood”

episode 5, sir malcolm as the devil: “darkling i listen; and, for many a time / i have been half in love with easeful death, / call’d him soft names in many a musèd rhyme, / to take into the air my quiet breath.” - keats, “ode to a nightingale”

episode 6, victor: “no more let life divide what death can join together.” - shelley, “adonais”

episode 7, vanessa repeats the shelley line to victor; ethan as the devil repeats the keats line

episode 8, caliban: “o fleeting joys / of paradise, dear bought with lasting woes! / did i request thee, maker, from my clay / to mould me man?” - milton, paradise lost

season 2

episode 2, john clare: “to see a world in a grain of sand / and a heaven in a wild flower / hold infinity in the palm of your hand / and eternity in an hour.” - william blake, “auguries of innocence”

episode 3, the cutwitch: “by the pricking of my thumbs, / something wicked this way comes.” - shakespeare, macbeth (not really poetry, i know, but i still had to include it)

episode 5, vanessa and john clare: “i am–yet what i am none cares or knows; / my friends forsake me like a memory lost; / i am the self-consumer of my woes– / they rise and vanish in oblivious host, / like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes / and yet i am, and live–like vapours tossed…i long for scenes where man hath never trod / a place where woman never smiled or wept / there to abide with my creator, god, / and sleep as i in childhood sweetly slept, / untroubling and untroubled where i lie / the grass below–above the vaulted sky.” - john clare, “i am!”

season 3

episode 1, mr. lyle: “i hold it true…‘tis better to have loved and lost / than never to have loved at all.” - tennyson, “in memoriam a.h.h”

episode 1, vanessa: “beat, happy stars, timing with things below, / beat with my heart more blest than heart can tell, / blest, but for some dark undercurrent woe / that seems to draw–but it shall not be so; / let all be well, be well.” - tennyson, “maud”

episode 4, john clare: “i have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, / and what can be the use of him is more than i can see. / he is very, very like me from the heels up to the head; / and i see him jump before me, when i jump into my bed.” - robert louis stevenson, “my shadow”

episode 4, john clare: “i can never get back by day, / nor can remember plain and clear / the curious music that i hear.” - robert louis stevenson, “the land of nod”

episode 7, vanessa: “i have made my bed / in charnels and on coffins, where black death / keeps record of the trophies won…” - shelley, “alastor; or, the spirit of solitude”

episode 9, john clare: “there was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, / the earth, and every common sight, / to me did seem / apparell’d in celestial light, / the glory and the freshness of a dream…but there’s a tree, of many, one, / a single field which i have looked upon, / both of them speak of something that is gone; / the pansy at my feet / doth the same tale repeat: / whither is fled the visionary gleam? / where is it now, the glory and the dream?” - wordsworth, “ode on intimations of immortality from recollections of early childhood”

(ENG)  Intensive learning of the cyanotype process with @vera_eikona and @annelou.buzot these last days. Thank you 🤩! I’m so much happy and enthusiastic about this technique straight out of the 19th century. I was able to experience it on two of my photos. There is no doubt about it, it’s an other charm than a digital print! Silhouette lost in the night 🌙 Now I will need a lot of perseverance to assimilate all this knowledge and continue this learning… What do you think? . . (FR)  Apprentissage intensif du procédé cyanotype auprès de @vera_eikona et de @annelou.buzot ces derniers jours. Un grand merci 🤩 ! Je suis tellement contente et enthousiasmée par cette technique tout droit sortie du 19ème siècle ! J'ai pu l'expérimenter sur deux de mes photos. Il n'y a pas à dire, c'est un tout autre charme qu'un tirage numérique ! Silhouette de nuit perdue. Maintenant il va me falloir beaucoup de persévérance pour assimiler toutes ces connaissances et pour suivre cet apprentissage… Vous en pensez quoi ?

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great tv recommendations: stag  ↳ "What happens over the next 72 hours will change us as men. We will be defined by our time in these hills, on these heaths. And when we get home, we will say - to people that we trust and without giving away too many details - that we saw off our friend in style. That this was the stag to end all stags!“

Pain Relieving Tea

For centuries, herbs have been used in many ways. Two being medicinally and spiritually. Depending on the healing properties of herbs, they can be smoked, steeped as a tea or even used to make a poultice or tincture.  This combination of natural herbs can assist in relieving multiple pain illnesses and promote relaxation when drunk as a tea.

Relieves: 

General Aches & Pains, Migraines & Headaches, Depression, Anxiety, Insomnia, Menstrual Cramps, PMS, and Stress. 

Herbs & Properties

Blue Dream - I sprinkled a little Blue Dream in my blend because of it’s well known properties in healing pain, depression, nausea, stress, headaches, and fatigue. Adding this overall added a perfect balance because of it’s Sativa properties. This is great to add if you don’t want to feel extremely relaxed.

Chamomile - This herb has many therapeutic uses, in this case, it’s helpful uses are to calm the nervous system, promote general relaxation, and because of it’s muscle-relaxing effects, it can help sooth the muscles will relieving stress-related flatulences.

Feverfew - Used for the prevention of migraines & headaches, arthritis, fevers, muscle tension and pain, Feverfew is also used to lower blood pressure, lessen stomach irritation, stimulate the appetite and to improve digestion and kidney function. It has been indicated for colitis, dizziness, tinnitus and menstrual problems. Precaution: Not for use in pregnancy

Lavender - These flowers are full of medicinally active compounds. It can assist in healing depression, insomnia, stress, and headaches. When used as an essential oil for aromatherapy or used topically, Lavender has the same healing properties for these ailments and they do when steeped as a tea.

Licorice Root - Licorice root is one of the most widely used medicinal herbs worldwide. Apart from this herbs common use as a natural sweetener, Licorice Root is known to treat PMS, menstrual cramps, boost immune system, relieve pain & stress, and prevent heart disease.

Valerian Root - Valerian is well known for its sedative qualities and its ability to relax the central nervous system and the smooth muscle groups. With over 120 chemical components found in valerian, it is indicated for anxiety, confusion, cramp, depression, insomnia and disturbed sleep patterns, irregular menstruation, migraines, PMS, stress, tension and many more!

Willow Bark - Willow bark is the herbal analogue for aspirin. It is approved by the German Commission E in supporting joint health, as well as for alleviating occasional headaches in healthy individuals. It is traditionally used as an all-purpose pain reliever and anti-inflammatory.

Happy Healing,

by Jacqueline, the Plant Lady. (IG: jeditree)

Moon and Venus crescents 

Image credit: Pál Váradi Nagy

Francesco Solimena,Diana and Endymion (detail) 1705-10.

This book in Hannibal’s kitchen is Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck, volume 1.

Mastering the Art of French Cooking is the result of a collaboration among Julia Child , Simone  Beck, Louisette Bertholle, illustrator Sidonie Coryn, and Paul Cushing Child (Child’s husband), and was the impetus for Child’s long and successful career as a pioneering television chef. 

Julia Child’s goal was to adapt classic French cuisine for mainstream Americans. The collaboration of this cookbook proved groundbreaking and has since become a standard guide for the culinary community. Mastering Volume 1 was originally published in 1961 after some early difficulties. Volume 1 was a broad survey of French flavors and techniques, and grew out of the work the three women had done for their Paris cooking school, “L'École des trois gourmandes”. Mastering Volume 2, released in 1970, again a collaboration between Julia Child and Simone Beck but not Louisette Bertholle with whom the professional relationship had ended, expanded on certain topics of interest that had not been covered as completely as the three had planned to in the first volume (particularly baking and charcuterie). 

Taken together, the two volumes are considered one of the most influential works in American cookbook history. Julia Child has long been accorded near-universal respect in the cooking world, in part due to the influence of these books.

Sending love and puppies to xshiromorix for identifying the book. :-)

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All books in Hannibal are here.

Composers on Halloween!

horror movies / paintings

ginger snaps / ilya repin

dean cornwell / hannibal

the exorcist / rené magritte

francis bacon / alien

the blackcoat’s daughter / dean cornwell

georges roux / crimson peak

ready or not / gustave moreau

rené magritte / evil dead 2

saw / jenő gyárfás

john singer sargent / the loved ones